Title of article
Surgical decontamination in ferrous sulfate intoxication
Author/Authors
Ko, Jung-In Department of Emergency Medicine - National Medical Center - Seoul, Korea , Kim, Kyung Su Department of Emergency Medicine - Seoul National University Hospital - Seoul, Korea , Suh, Gil Joon Department of Emergency Medicine - Seoul National University Hospital - Seoul, Korea , Kong, Seong-Ho Department of Surgery - Seoul National University Hospital - Seoul, Korea , Jung, Yoon Sun Department of Emergency Medicine - Seoul National University Hospital - Seoul, Korea
Pages
3
From page
232
To page
234
Abstract
A 32-year-old woman was transferred to the emergency room after ingestion of 200 tablets of
80 mg ferrous sulfate for suicide. She received gastric lavage 30 minutes after ingestion and
activated charcoal before transfer. Most tablets remained inside the stomach on abdominal
plain radiography (Figure 1).
Keywords
decontamination , Surgical , Most
Journal title
Acute and Critical Care
Serial Year
2019
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Record number
2622535
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